Strange things your pets do...

2LaneCruzer · Oct 7, 2020

Jstpssng said:
This one wasn't my pet and it wasn't strange or funny... it did P*** me off though. One of the disadvantages of living on a lonely backroad is that people think it's a good place to dump their unwanted animals, whether it's squirrels, woodchucks, or domestic animals.

On Sunday my neighbors were telling about a kitten they'd seen hanging aroung my chicken coop. I didn't think much of it at the time but...
Last night I got in late so put the turkeys in by flashlight, with the help of Ruger. First thing this AM I went down to let them out and check on the chickens...
That kitten was laying next to the henhouse, dead. I suspect that it starved to death.
Anybody who chooses to get an animal needs to understand that they owe it to that pet to care for it. Among other things they need to spay/neuter it unless they are a bonafide breeder and know what the **** they are doing.
They also need to know that it's a lifelong commitment. If situations change, at least grow a set and take care of it properly; find it a home, leave it with a shelter, or at the very least take it to a vet and have the animal put down.

I am not a cat lover yet I wish that I had put some food out for it, and perhaps a Havahart; then taken it someplace where the animal would have been cared for.

They say there's a special place in **** for people who will abandon an animal; I wish we could give them a taste of that in this life.unch:

I'll get off my soapbox now.:soapbox:

I have seen turkeys in my backyard attack a cat that was stalking them...much to the surprise of the cat. It's not inconceivable that a mature turkey (or turkeys) could kill a cat or a kitten. I know the one I saw would have been in deep stuff if he hadn't decided that discretion is the better part of valor.

Rock Crawler · Oct 7, 2020

I have a red bone hound and yellow lab mix who never learned to lift a leg.... He pees straight up the center of his belly/chest, looks down at the water fountain going past.... and yep! He starts drinking from the water fountain! It's embarrassing!

Kira · Oct 30, 2020

I had a cat who liked eating soup getting the ingredients out of the plate with his paw. He sat in front of the plate, ate all ingredients from his paw, and then drank the liquid. It looked strange and funny

Oaktree · Oct 30, 2020

Kira said:
I had a cat who liked eating soup getting the ingredients out of the plate with his paw. He sat in front of the plate, ate all ingredients from his paw, and then drank the liquid. It looked strange and funny

Never had one that ate soup, but I did have one years ago that would eat 'most anything else. One night I was eating corn on the cob and the cat was being a pest so when I was done I held out the cob...cat grabbed it out of my had, and ate most of it! It liked pickles too. One other time it got into a loaf of bread I'd left on the counter...never heard of a cat eating bread, but this one did.
Then again, I've had others (one of my current ones is one) that has little or no interest in table scraps or other human food.

Industrial Toys · Oct 30, 2020

I used to say at my Moms when I had projects in the city. Took my Cat with me. I never had a schedule of any kind, but the cat would typically sleep all day and then somehow know I was about to come home. Like fifteen minutes before. Long before it would hear my truck or anything. THEY know waay too much! lol

MossRoad · Oct 30, 2020

Oaktree said:
Never had one that ate soup, but I did have one years ago that would eat 'most anything else. One night I was eating corn on the cob and the cat was being a pest so when I was done I held out the cob...cat grabbed it out of my had, and ate most of it! It liked pickles too. One other time it got into a loaf of bread I'd left on the counter...never heard of a cat eating bread, but this one did.
Then again, I've had others (one of my current ones is one) that has little or no interest in table scraps or other human food.

We had a cat that would frequently push a loaf of bread off the counter so the dog would tear it open and they both would eat it. Teamwork! :laughing:

Jstpssng · Dec 11, 2020

Every morning I get up, take a thyroid pill, and feed the dog. Every evening I take a statin pill, give Ruger 2 thyroid pills, and feed him. It's become so routine that he can be asleep in the other room, but when I open the pill bottle he come out and stands there, waiting to be fed. He doesn't even fight the pills (much) anymore...